Disability Research and Policy: Current Perspectives by Richard J. Morris

By Richard J. Morris

This publication relies on learn and scholarship produced through the Meyerson incapacity learn venture (MDRP) on the college of Arizona. Its chapters are divided into significant sections: 1) incapacity examine parts and a couple of) incapacity coverage components. the 1st part addresses a few fairly new parts of study and scholarship with adults and kids, corresponding to using know-how (e.g., videoconferencing and laptop expertise) in carrier supply, while the second one part significantly examines a variety of public coverage and felony parts that influence the day-by-day lives of many folks having a incapacity.

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Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Wetzel v. 3d 377 (7th Cir. 2000). Williamson, G. , Bridges, M. , & Behan, A. M. (1994). Social and psychological factors in adjustment to limb amputation. Psychosocial perspectives on disability [Special Issue] Journal of Social Behavior & Personality, 9(5), 249–268. This page intentionally left blank The Use of Existing Videoconferencing Technology to Deliver Video Remote Interpreting Services for Deaf Vocational Rehabilitation Clients Joyce S. Steinberg I n 2002, the Arizona Rehabilitation Services Administration (ARSA) completed a technology infrastructure project that included a separate network dedicated to real-time videoconferencing.

In raw numbers, this constitutes 371,773 state inmates and 28,325 federal inmates with either a hearing, speech, visual, or other physical disability. 1%) federal inmates who reported having another type of physical disability (Maruschak & Beck, 2001). 1% of federal inmates within the United States prison system. Learning disabilities are not considered further in this chapter because the category is arguably not a physical disability. 2. Physically Disabled Offenders in Prison h 19 How do these numbers compare to the prevalence of physical disability in the general population?

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